affecting rhode island, according to christopher dequtias, the chief scientist of the narragansett bay astare i'll read what he said. although factors such as the north atlantic oscillation can influence tementd trends there appears to be overall increase in annual narragansett bay temperature of three degrees fahrenheit since 1960. fish species in narragansett bay are shifting seemingly in step with increased temperatures. jeremy collie, who is a u.r.i. proffer, and others have shown that species such as the winter flounder which used to be the dominant fish species in the bay, are radically decreasing in numbers. meanwhile, warmer water species sump as summer flounder and scup and butter fish seem to be increasing. more southern warm-water species that weren't seen in the past are likely to extend their range north as narragansett bay continues to warm. in addition there seems to be an overall shift from large bottom-dwelling species such as ?rownder to small water column frankton species such as anchovies. that's the end of his quote. noaa researchers studied 36 fish in the northwest atlan